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guideway
[ gahyd-wey ]
/ ˈgaɪdˌweɪ /
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noun
a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
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Words nearby guideway
Guider, guide rail, guide right, guide rope, guide vanes, guideway, guide word, Guido, Guido d'Arezzo, guidon, guidwillie
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How to use guideway in a sentence
He had lost his one opportunity, the one guideway that Western life could afford the artist in him.
The Ordeal of Mark Twain|Van Wyck BrooksAnything might have come of that impulse if it had had the least protection, if it had been able to find a guideway.
The Ordeal of Mark Twain|Van Wyck BrooksFig. 1613 represents a section of one guideway of a table and bed.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseBut s being guided by its slide in the guideway traverses in a straight line.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose